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National Gallery of Art Called to Create Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

Mary Lee Bendolph, Quilter
Join us and help to edit and create Wikipedia articles about artists to be featured in the National Gallery of Art's upcoming Called to Create exhibition. Training will be provided for new Wikipedia editors. Laptops are required.
Lunch will be provided at no cost.
Please note that the public portion of the edit-a-thon will take place IN-PERSON.

When

Friday, September 23 (private)
11am - 1pm
Saturday, September 24 (public)
10:30am - 3:00pm EDT

Registration

Register 9/24

Schedule

September 24 only
10:30AM - Welcome, Roger Lawson housekeeping
11:00AM - Training: How to Edit to Wikipedia (Wikimedia DC)
12:00PM - Editing
Ongoing - Lunch
2:00 - Tour with Harry Cooper, senior curator and head, department of modern art, National Gallery of Art
3:00 - Close

Please sign in

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1) Select 'Sign in'
2) Scroll down on the page that follows and click 'Publish changes' or 'Save changes'.
Your username will automatically be added to the list of attendees.

Safe Space Policy

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Presentation

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Called to Create National Gallery of Art Edit-a-thon slide deck

Suggested Article Work List and Sources

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IMPORTANT: Read before beginning

  • Use this Google sheet to reserve the article you plan to edit.
  • The articles are listed from lowest to highest grades. Read more about there grading system here
  • Red links = Articles to be created
  • Blue links = Existing articles needing improvement
  • Additional details about what works are feature in the exhibition can be found here.
  • Suggested article edits or additions: Add that artist's work is in the NGA collection if it is not already included. Use the sources provided or others as references. You can even include the specific piece and that it was featured in the Called to Create exhibition.

Existing articles

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Article for creation

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IMPORTANT: Before you begin, use this Google sheet to reserve the article you hope to create.

Additional Resources

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Wikimedia

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Wikipedia Policies

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Wikimedia Affiliates

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Wikimedia movement affiliates model
Chapters
Wikimedia chapters are independent organizations founded to support and promote the Wikimedia projects in a specified geographical region (in most cases, a country). Like the Wikimedia Foundation, they aim to "empower and engage people around the world to collect and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and to disseminate it effectively and globally". There are currently 39 chapters, with at least one on every inhabited continent., i.e. Wikimedia DC
Wikimedia thematic organizations
Thematic organizations are incorporated independent non-profits representing the Wikimedia movement and supporting work focused on a specific theme, topic, subject or issue within or across countries and regions. i.e., Wikimedia Medicine.
User groups
Wikimedia user groups are intended to be simple and flexible affiliates that are an alternative to chapters and thematic organizations - which require more formal requirements. User groups are highly valued as equal players in the Wikimedia movement, i.e., Art+Feminism

WikiProjects

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Quick Editing Tips

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Tools, Resources

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For Wikimedia DC Use

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User rights management
Special username creation

Attendees 9/23

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Attendees 9/24

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Event survey

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If you attended the event, please let us know what you thought by filling out the survey here.